“It's the only way anything will change. Because we are both mother and child, cause and effect, villain and victim”

“So this needs to be said, and so I will try to say it”

“After college I got a job and started working. This new career had absolutely nothing to do with my degree.”

“A lifelong movie I already knew the ending to”

“I avoided one-on-one situations, eye contact, and healthy relationships. Instead I took refuge in drinking too much, cheap sex, and sarcasm.”

“Everything around me affirmed there was nothing else I could do – yet everything inside me cried that I was not doing enough.”

“And it's okay if you have to go away Oh just remember the telephone works both ways And if I never ever hear them ring If nothing else I'll think the bells inside Have finally found you someone else and that's okay Cause I'll remember everything you sang((You and I both))”